crevicetool
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Great......
Now the Mister Ed theme song will be in my head all day long.
Thanks a lot Robert.
Rick
Now the Mister Ed theme song will be in my head all day long.
Thanks a lot Robert.
Rick
Some unnamed person made me buy this today...
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douglasdc6
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Oh My God, Mr. Ed
Wonderful show !!!! My favorite will always be the pilot episode.
Wonderful show !!!! My favorite will always be the pilot episode.
wringer_clean
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Love Vintage Electronics!!
Hey Robert,
Great find ... I absolutely love vintage (tube-based) electronics ... for me it's primarily radios and record players.
(Love the "pretty please" shot!)
Robert, you almost look angelic, isn't that a hoot!!
Space Command remotes are great fun.
Back in the day, when the dog walked in front of the set and shook his collar, his tags would change either the volume or channel.
You might want to take a chain of some sort and shake it in front of the set and see if anything happens.
Whatever ....
Enjoy your new find!!!
BTW, great talking with you and Fred the other night.
Pat
Hey Robert,
Great find ... I absolutely love vintage (tube-based) electronics ... for me it's primarily radios and record players.
(Love the "pretty please" shot!)
Robert, you almost look angelic, isn't that a hoot!!
Space Command remotes are great fun.
Back in the day, when the dog walked in front of the set and shook his collar, his tags would change either the volume or channel.
You might want to take a chain of some sort and shake it in front of the set and see if anything happens.
Whatever ....
Enjoy your new find!!!
BTW, great talking with you and Fred the other night.
Pat
Robert, nice find. I hope it knows how lucky it is to be in your home.
Quick question, does your channel knob have a light behind it that displays the channel number? My aunt had a very similar set and I seem to recall turning the knob and seeing the VHF channel number appear in the white section of the knob.
Quick question, does your channel knob have a light behind it that displays the channel number? My aunt had a very similar set and I seem to recall turning the knob and seeing the VHF channel number appear in the white section of the knob.
"Quick question, does your channel knob have a light behind it that displays the channel number? "
Yes!!Keep it!! Use those powerful arms to lift it into your truck!Quick before the doner changes their mind!!Wonderful find.So glad it works.Any set of that vintage I have seen is in pretty sad shape-most the cabinet was coming apart from storage in a shed or unheated-cooled garage.
A freind of mine years ago used one of those "Space Command" remotes to train his dog-the dog loved it.You could use the remote to make the dog come to you-go away from you or even bark depending on wich key you pushed on the remote.Was kinda amazing-Was a poodle.The dog liked the ulrasonic tones emitted by the remote.Yes I have seen the "space command" sets react to jingling keys or coins or even from walking across the floor in the room the set was in.Loved the solid "thunk" from those Zenith tuners-My Mom used to have a Zenith metal cabinet table model set-"bucket models" as some called them.The machine gave such a nice pix-even years later after us kids grew up.My Mom still had the thing-loved watching "Perry Mason" and "Outer Limits" on it after the folks went to bed-I could have watched those on the newer RCA color set-but liked that old Zenith better for the older shows.Miss that machine.Don't remember what my Mom did with it-one summer when I went to her house it was gone-only the RCA set was there.And yes that TV had the channel display in the center of the knob-never had to work on that!Only thing I had to do with the set was clean the tuner and the volume-tone controls.Never had to replace any of the tubes in it-when I opened the set up to fix the tuner it had ALL of the orig Zenith tubes in the chassis-and a like a Zenith a power transformer type set-no sereies filament system in there!Sereies fil strings can be hard on tubes.
A freind of mine years ago used one of those "Space Command" remotes to train his dog-the dog loved it.You could use the remote to make the dog come to you-go away from you or even bark depending on wich key you pushed on the remote.Was kinda amazing-Was a poodle.The dog liked the ulrasonic tones emitted by the remote.Yes I have seen the "space command" sets react to jingling keys or coins or even from walking across the floor in the room the set was in.Loved the solid "thunk" from those Zenith tuners-My Mom used to have a Zenith metal cabinet table model set-"bucket models" as some called them.The machine gave such a nice pix-even years later after us kids grew up.My Mom still had the thing-loved watching "Perry Mason" and "Outer Limits" on it after the folks went to bed-I could have watched those on the newer RCA color set-but liked that old Zenith better for the older shows.Miss that machine.Don't remember what my Mom did with it-one summer when I went to her house it was gone-only the RCA set was there.And yes that TV had the channel display in the center of the knob-never had to work on that!Only thing I had to do with the set was clean the tuner and the volume-tone controls.Never had to replace any of the tubes in it-when I opened the set up to fix the tuner it had ALL of the orig Zenith tubes in the chassis-and a like a Zenith a power transformer type set-no sereies filament system in there!Sereies fil strings can be hard on tubes.
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Now all you need is a tacky TV lamp to go on top!
I've got the 'Siamese Cats' one.
~Tim
I've got the 'Siamese Cats' one.
~Tim
"tacky TV light"nowadays they are called "bias lights"used to provide a min amount of light behind the set for "biasing" your eyes.Bias lights today are typically small flouresecent lamps you put BEHIND your flatscreen TV.The glow prevents your pupils from contracting too much ruining the contrast of the pix so say the home theater types.Those old "tacky" TV lamps did the same sort of thing-I remember one we had that used an Abalone shell as a "reflector"the light was reflected on the wall behind the TV the lamp was placed on.Need one of those "abalone" lamps for my home theater-I could put it atop my RPTV on top of the center channel speaker!Something to put up there besides DVDs and the "trinckets" that come in DVD packages--IE a min "Speed Racer" car.Oh yes--thought the Abalone shell or even the Siamese cat light would look better than the flourscent "stick" fixtures sold today for that type of use.
estatesale_gary
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Whining + Granny's Country Omelet = 1957 Zenith Space Co
What Robert fails to mention is that he got this tv working at the sale the first time we were there and decided not to buy it! But...before we left the sale, he messed with the controls so that it wouldn't produce a nice picture.
A little convincing from Fred and me (and a nice 800+ calorie breakfast) brought Rob to his senses. We headed back to the sale and loaded it in the truck!
What Robert fails to mention is that he got this tv working at the sale the first time we were there and decided not to buy it! But...before we left the sale, he messed with the controls so that it wouldn't produce a nice picture.
A little convincing from Fred and me (and a nice 800+ calorie breakfast) brought Rob to his senses. We headed back to the sale and loaded it in the truck!
wringer_clean
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Ohhhhh, the truth be told.
Gary, thanks for sharing "the dirt"
Robert wasn't being angelic in that shot, more quite the opposite (sabotage stikes again .... YIKES!!)
Oh, those true colors!!
But, hey, we'll cut him some slack since it ended up at the best place is could have landed .... "Robert and Fred's Vintage Appliance Land"!!
What Fun!!
Just wish I had been along for the ride.
Pat
Gary, thanks for sharing "the dirt"
Robert wasn't being angelic in that shot, more quite the opposite (sabotage stikes again .... YIKES!!)
Oh, those true colors!!
But, hey, we'll cut him some slack since it ended up at the best place is could have landed .... "Robert and Fred's Vintage Appliance Land"!!
What Fun!!
Just wish I had been along for the ride.
Pat
mpatoray
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Great find Robert, those old Zeniths are very classy sets. If you want to see a very nice collection of vintage sets go to, www.earlytelevision.org and watching "Live from 69, the moon landing" tonight at 8:30 on the history channel would be very appropriate.
Matt
Matt
Wow.
I can't believe you have your own test pattern. That is SO awesome!
I can't believe you have your own test pattern. That is SO awesome!
autowasherfreak
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Beautiful set Robert. You have the coolest house! I also like the lamp on the TV.
"Look At Television"
Question for you guys:
Did any of your grandparents or parents refer to watching television as "looking at television" in the 50's or 60's? I remember both of my maternal grandparents saying "lets look at television" or "why don't you look at television".
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Question for you guys:
Did any of your grandparents or parents refer to watching television as "looking at television" in the 50's or 60's? I remember both of my maternal grandparents saying "lets look at television" or "why don't you look at television".
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Oh Yes I Remember!
The last of television that I watched with my grandparents was the "Golden Girls". Early 80's. I would always go to their home to watch it. It was like clockwork. My grandmother would answer the door and say "Let's go look at the Golden Girls". I think this is one of the reasons why I like the Golden Girls so much.
Memories. Seems like yesterday. It is actually almost 20 years ago or more.
Brent
The last of television that I watched with my grandparents was the "Golden Girls". Early 80's. I would always go to their home to watch it. It was like clockwork. My grandmother would answer the door and say "Let's go look at the Golden Girls". I think this is one of the reasons why I like the Golden Girls so much.
Memories. Seems like yesterday. It is actually almost 20 years ago or more.
Brent
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